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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who ignores King Creon's edict forbidding burial and buries her beloved husband, Polynices?

2. What does Rectitude claim is the main problem in educating women?

3. Why does Marquis Saluzzo pretend to kill the children his wife bares him?

4. According to Rectitude, how do women compare to men in terms of avariciousness?

5. Who is so chaste in marriage and widowhood that she lives with her mother-in-law after her husband dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marcius say when his mother, Veturia, begs him to make peace with the Romans?

2. What does Christine mention about rape, and how does Rectitude respond?

3. Describe the story about Bernabo and his wife.

4. Who is Ulysses's wife, and why does Rectitude praise her?

5. How do the Lombard women prevent themselves from being raped?

6. What question does Christine ask that causes Rectitude to offer Julia, Pompey's wife, as an example to refute the claim?

7. Why does Rectitude argue for the education of females?

8. What happens when Martina reveals her Christianity to the emperor who wants to marry her?

9. How does Marquis Saluzzo test Griselda's constancy?

10. How do the wives of the knights who helped Jason obtain the Golden Fleece save their husbands?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are the different symbols used throughout the novel to represent abstract concepts? Detail and explain how the symbols are used to describe certain abstract concepts and which concepts they describe.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the three ladies and Christine.

Essay Topic 3

How does Christine change throughout the novel? Detail the changes she makes and the reasons behind those changes.

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